If you look closely, you can probably spot two celebrities in this picture.

Both are singers and appeared in Aladdin, the pantomime at the New Theatre, Oxford, in 1976. They were the show's stars - Lulu and Freddie Garrity, of Freddie and the Dreamers.

The other faces in the picture may be less familiar, but they played an important part in the production.

They were from the famous Vera Legge School of Dancing, in Oxford.

We don't know any of the names of the girls, who were aged from nine to 13, but no doubt someone will be able to tell us.

Oxford Mail theatre critic Don Chapman, reviewing the Boxing Day performance of the show, was full of praise for the girls.

But he was less than complimentary about the two stars.

He wrote: "Freddie Garrity, with his maniacal woody-woodpecker laugh and his strong rapport with the children, tries hard as Wishee Washee to inject some fun into the proceedings, genially abetted by his group, The Dreamers as the Chinese police force, but they are in the holiday camp not the music hall tradition.

"Lulu at the moment seems uncertain whether to play Aladdin for real, or to give full rein to her puckish personality and really play up to the exuberant children in the audience.

"The result is a series of classic panto routines that are not original enough or well enough rehearsed to carry complete conviction."

But no doubt the show got better during its six-week run.

The Vera Legge School has a long tradition of providing performers.

Vera Legge started her first dance class in 1920 at the age of 16 or 17 in a Scout hut in Beef Lane, off St Aldate's, now part of Pembroke College.

The Vera Legge Babes became a household name in the city, appearing in pantomime productions from 1937 to 1993. Now known as the Vera Legge School of Performing Arts, it still provides dancers for shows.